continuing education

continuing education

Penn State Lehigh Valley Continuing Education’s "Six @ Six" lecture series begins again in March with an in-depth look at the impact that the coal industry had on the people and culture of northeastern Pennsylvania. David Longenbach, instructor in history at Penn State Lehigh Valley, will present six lectures on “Old King Coal – Then and Now: Anthracite, Mining, Immigrants, Unrest, and Unions” at 6 p.m. beginning March 18 at the Lehigh Valley campus. The series is open to the public.

Penn State Lehigh Valley is pleased to announce its partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management, to offer courses to help HR professionals prepare for SHRM’s new competency-based certification: the SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM –CP) and SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) credentials. The first course will begin March 11.

The Lehigh Valley Writing Project, a National Writing Project site, has announced a number of professional development opportunities for local educators to be offered this summer. All offerings will be held at the Penn State Lehigh Valley campus.

Penn State Lehigh Valley's Department of Continuing Education will hold information sessions for its health care programs at 11 a.m. Jan. 21 and 4 p.m. Feb. 2. The campus has programs that can prepare individuals for a high-demand career as a pharmacy technician, clinical medical assistant or practical nurse.

Senior Adults Gaining Enrichment (SAGE), an outreach program of Penn State Lehigh Valley for adults age 55 and older, has announced the schedule for its spring 2015 five-part lecture series. Each SAGE session begins with coffee at 10:30 a.m., the featured speaker at 11 a.m., and lunch at noon. All SAGE lectures are held in room 135 at Penn State Lehigh Valley in Center Valley.

Penn State Lehigh Valley Continuing Education is currently enrolling students for its Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) Essentials course. The course will be held Oct. 11 to Nov. 15 (no class on Nov. 1) and runs from 9 a.m. to noon at the campus in Center Valley. The cost of the program is $499, or $519 for registrations after Oct. 1.

The Arts Project at Penn State Lehigh Valley has announced its fall 2014 session options for Sept. 15 to Dec. 11. Additionally, a special two-day workshop, Creating Ceramic Vessels and Raku Firing, will be offered.

Penn State Lehigh Valley's Department of Continuing Education has announced three new programs in the health care field. Programs are available for pharmacy technician, clinical medical assistant and physical therapy aide, and are open to anyone with a high school diploma or equivalent. Classes begin Oct. 8 at the campus in Center Valley.

Senior Adults Gaining Enrichment (SAGE), an outreach program of Penn State Lehigh Valley for adults age 55 and older, has announced the schedule for its fall 2014 four-part lecture series. Each SAGE session begins with coffee at 10:30 a.m., the featured speaker at 11 a.m. and lunch at noon. All SAGE lectures are held in Room 135 at Penn State Lehigh Valley in Center Valley.

Registration is now open for the 2014 Diverse Literacies Conference presented by Penn State Lehigh Valley and the Lehigh Valley Writing Project. The conference will focus on "Language as a Medium, a Tool and an Outcome," and takes place from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 27, at Bear Creek Mountain Resort and Conference Center in Macungie, Pennsylvania. Tom Romano will provide the keynote presentation, "Prosciutto and the Blinking Light: How Language Teaches and Sways," and also will offer a pre-conference dinner workshop on quality writing from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sept. 26, at Melt restaurant at The Promenade Shops in Center Valley.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate is 6 percent, the lowest it has been since 2008, so now is a great time to check out job opportunities in the state. Penn State is offering two free career fairs that can help: the Central Pennsylvania Regional Career Fair, 2 to 5 p.m. May 19, and the Working in Pennsylvania Online Career Fair, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 20.

The medical laboratory technologist occupation is among the fastest growing health care jobs. Thanks to the medical laboratory technology associate degree offered by Penn State Continuing Education, the first students will graduate with this degree during Penn State’s University Park spring commencement.